Era.m Conseillatz Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDE ABABCCBB BBBBCCCF BBBBCCGB BBBBCCCC BBBBCCFB CCEC BC F E H B E| Era m cosselhatz senhor | A |
| vos c'avetz saber e sen | B |
| una domna m det s'amor | A |
| c'ai amada lonjamen | B |
| mas eras sai de vertat | C |
| qu'ilh a autr'amic privat | C |
| ni anc de nul companho | D |
| companha tan greus no m fo | E |
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| D'una re sui en error | A |
| e n estau en pensamen | B |
| que m'alonje ma dolor | A |
| s'eu aquest plai li cossen | B |
| e s'aissi l dic mon pessat | C |
| vei mon damnatge doblat | C |
| Cal que n fassa o cal que no | B |
| re no posc far de mo pro | B |
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| E s'eu l'am a dezonor | B |
| esquerns er a tota gen | B |
| e tenran m'en li pluzor | B |
| per cornut e per sofren | B |
| E s'aissi pert s'amistat | C |
| be m tenh per dezeretat | C |
| d'amor e ja Deus no m do | C |
| mais faire vers ni chanso | F |
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| Pois voutz sui en la folor | B |
| be serai fols s'eu no pren | B |
| d'aquestz dos mals lo menor | B |
| que mais val mo essien | B |
| qu'eu ay' en leis la meitat | C |
| que l tot perda per foldat | C |
| car anc a nul drut felo | G |
| d'amor non vi far so pro | B |
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| Pois vol autre amador | B |
| ma domn' eu non lo lh defen | B |
| e lais m'en mais per paor | B |
| que per autre chauzimen | B |
| e s'anc om dec aver grat | C |
| de nul servizi forsat | C |
| be dei aver guizerdo | C |
| eu que tan gran tort perdo | C |
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| De l'aiga que dels olhs plor | B |
| escriu salutz mais de cen | B |
| que tramet a la gensor | B |
| et a la plus avinen | B |
| Mantas vetz m'es pois membrat | C |
| de so que m fetz al comjat | C |
| que lh vi cobrir sa faisso | F |
| c'anc no m poc dir oc ni no | B |
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| Garsio ara m chantat | C |
| ma chanso et la m portat | C |
| a mo Messager qu'i fo | E |
| q'elh quer cosselh qu'el me do | C |
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| Now give me counsel Lords you who are wise and intelligent A lady whom I long loved gave me her love But now I know for sure that she has another lover in secret and never the company of another companion was so hard to bear | B |
| One thing makes me out of sorts and pensive that I prolong my suffering if I agree to this case And if I say what I think I see my injuries doubled Whatever I do or don't do I can't accomplish for my own good | C |
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| And if I love her in dishonor I shall be scorned by all and the majority will consider me a passive cuckold But if I lose her friendship I hold myself disinherited by love and may God never permit me again to compose verses and songs | F |
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| Since I am involved in madness I should be mad if I did not chose the lesser of these two evils for it is better in my opinion to have half of her than to loose everything through folly for I have never seen an unfaithful lover win out for himself in love | E |
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| Since you want another lover my lady I shall not forbid it And I agree more from fear than from anything else And if ever someone should be grateful for forced labor I should be rewarded who have pardoned so great a wrong | H |
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| With the water that flows from my eyes I send greetings more than a hundred that I transmit to the most fair and noble one Often do I remember what she would do on parting how she would cover her face so that she would be saying neither yes nor no | B |
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| Garsio now go and sing my song and bring it to my Messenger who was there and to whom I demand what counsel he she would give | E |
Bernard De Ventadorn
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